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Ansalon MUD

Unclaimed — everything here was measured. Claim this game

ansalon.net 8679answering since 16 Aug 2026

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/\--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--_\
|               ===== A N S A L O N   M U D =====               |
 \                    ---------------------                     \
  |                                                              |
  |    Originally by: Jair, Deason and Ahotasu                   |
 /      and currently by: Skol and Bharish,                     /
 |      with a huge thanks to Malum, Renli and Demilon          |
|      _________((                        ))__________         |
|     /.-------./\\                        //\.------.\        |
/    //@@@@@@@//@@\\  )                (  //@@\\@@@@@@@\\      /
|   //@@@@@@@//@@@@>>/                  \<<@@@@\\@@@@@@@\\     |
\ //O@O@O@O//@O@O//                      \\O@O@\\O@O@O@O\\    |
///OOOOOOOO//OOOO||          \    /        ||OOOO\\OOOOOOOO\\  |
///O%O%O%O%//O%O%O%\\         ))((         //%O%O%O\\%O%O%O%O\\ |
||%%%%%%%%//'  `%%%%\\       //  \\       //%%%%'  `\\%%%%%%%%|||
((%%%%%%%((      %%%%%\\    ((    ))    //%%%%%      ))%%%%%%%))\
|\:::' `::\\      `:::::\\   \)^^(/    //:::::'     //::' `:::/ |
{x \ )'     `)'      ('  ` \\ `<@  @>' // '  ')     `('  __ `(   |
|        (               \`\  )/\( / /              )  /  \    |
/           ______________)_\_\oo/__(______oOo________/_/` '\| /
|          /                  ^^           VVV            '|/| |
|         |            Welcome to Ansalon!                 ` |  |
|         | ________________________________________________/  |
|         |/             / ,/ \______/ \\ ^\/^    /'/         |
\                    ___//^      \_____/\\       /'/           \
|                   <<<_`\         <____/\\    /''>            |
|  Learn MORE!           '           <____/`- ' _>             |
|  http://www.Ansalon.net              <____/__>               |
\                                         `---'                \
 \       Credits: (read: where we're from and all that)         \
  |                                                              |
  |  History: Crowther & Woods "Colossal Cave" Adventure -->     |
 /   MUD1 (Trubshaw & Bartle, 1978) inspired AberMUD (Alan Cox), |
 |   CopperMUD (Michael Chadwick), and DikuMUD (DIKU team, 1991) |
 \   --> Merc 2.1 --> ROM 2.4b2 --> Ansalon 1.7b                 \
  |                                                              |
  |  AnsalonMUD is derived from ROM with decades of evolution.   |
 /   Ansalon began as AlphaMUD in 1996, renamed Ansalon in 1997  /
 |                                                              |
 |  DikuMUD by Hans Staerfeldt, Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen,        |
 |             Michael Seifert, and Sebastian Hammer            |
 /   MERC 2.1 code by Hatchet, Furey, and Kahn.                 /
 |   ROM 2.4 copyright (c) 1993-1998 Russ Taylor                |
|    Ansalon 1.7b (c) 1996-2026 David Leverich & John Patrick   |
 |                                                              |
 /  /|           /|                         |\                 /
 \_/ \_-/\_-/\_-/ \-/\_-__-_/\/\_-/ \-/\_-__\\_-/ \-/\-/ \-_\_\

 By what name art thou known?
as sent by the server 66×50 no colour captured

Connections by hour

Busiest Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11:00–23:59.

times in UTC · 8-week rolling average

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Players on by day, in UTC. 8-week rolling average.
day quietest busiest at not measured no count
Mon7 11 20:00– –
Tue6 12 18:00– –
Wed6 11 21:00– –
Thu7 12 01:00– –
Fri8 12 03:00– –
Sat8 11 02:00– –
Sun7 10 02:00– –

How many, over time

Typically 9 on, peaking at 13, over 11 of 11 days. Steady across the range.

days in UTC · 31 Aug 2026 – 10 Sep 2026

31 Aug 2026 — 10 on average, 7–13 across 12 probes1 Sep 2026 — 9 on average, 8–11 across 11 probes2 Sep 2026 — 8 on average, 6–10 across 12 probes3 Sep 2026 — 9 on average, 9–11 across 12 probes4 Sep 2026 — 9 on average, 8–11 across 12 probes5 Sep 2026 — 8 on average, 7–10 across 12 probes6 Sep 2026 — 9 on average, 8–11 across 12 probes7 Sep 2026 — 8 on average, 6–10 across 12 probes8 Sep 2026 — 9 on average, 8–11 across 12 probes9 Sep 2026 — 8 on average, 6–10 across 12 probes10 Sep 2026 — 8 on average, 8–9 across 2 probes
13 at the top 11 of 11 days counted
  • mean of the counts we read that day
  • lowest to highest count that day
  • probed, no count could be read
  • not measured — a break in the line
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  • 31 Aug–6 Sep: typically 9, peak 13, 7 days counted
  • 7 Sep–10 Sep: typically 8, peak 11, 4 days counted

Reachable

reachable · last 90 days

Reachable 100.0% of the 26 days we have measured. No day we measured was unreachable. 64 days predate anything we measured.

90 days ago today
reachable
100.0%
longest outage
none in the window
last cause
nothing recorded
  • reachable
  • degraded — answered, could not finish
  • unreachable
  • not measured
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  • 13 Jun – 15 Aug: 64 days not measured

What changed

  1. 26 Aug 2026 RESETS changed from 19346 to 19776 (mssp)
  2. 26 Aug 2026 EXTRA DESCRIPTIONS changed from 6862 to 7380 (mssp)
  3. 26 Aug 2026 EXITS changed from 44076 to 45725 (mssp)
  4. 26 Aug 2026 RACES changed from 19 to 21 (mssp)
  5. 26 Aug 2026 ROOMS changed from 19238 to 19960 (mssp)
  6. 26 Aug 2026 OBJECTS changed from 7812 to 7962 (mssp)
  7. 26 Aug 2026 MOBILES changed from 5688 to 5855 (mssp)
  8. 26 Aug 2026 HELPFILES changed from 942 to 953 (mssp)
  9. 26 Aug 2026 AREAS changed from 191 to 194 (mssp)
  10. 16 Aug 2026 endpoint recorded as ansalon.net 8679 (handshake)

Capabilities

None of the 12 disagree.
capability measured declared age
MSDP ● offered ◇ claimed
MSSP ● offered – silent
MXP ● offered ◇ claimed
ANSI – silent ◇ claimed
GMCP – silent ✕ denied
MCCP – silent ✕ denied
MCP – silent ✕ denied
MSP – silent ◇ claimed
PUEBLO – silent ✕ denied
UTF-8 – silent ◇ claimed
VT100 – silent ✕ denied
XTERM 256 COLORS – silent ◇ claimed

Declared by the game

multiclassing
0
contact
[email protected]
family
DikuMUD
player guilds
1
objects
7962
exits
45725
name
Ansalon MUD
crawl delay
-1
language
English
subgenre
Dragonlance
races
21
areas
194
hostname
ansalon.net
location
United States
quest system
1
helpfiles
953
port
8679
minimum age
0
roleplaying
1
codebase
AnsalonMUD - 1.7b2 (Originally Rom 2.4 Actively Improved since 1996)
world originality
1
created
1996
genre
Fantasy
ip
66.228.38.196
player clans
1
levels
101
resets
19776
playerkilling
1
gameplay
Adventure
status
Live
mudtrigs
0
player cities
0
classes
11
player crafting
1
newbie friendly
1
mudprogs
14234
training system
1
extra descriptions
7380
adult material
0
dbsize
0
website
http://www.ansalon.net/
mobiles
5855
icon
http://www.ansalon.net/ansalonMSSP.png
rooms
19960